Why not Turkey? Attitudes towards Turkish Membership in the EU among Citizens in 27 European Countries

Gerhards, Jürgen; Hans, Silke

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02155.x

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“…Mostly due to rising levels of education, joblessness is lower among second than among first generation migrants (Herwig & Konietzka 2012), and the former are more likely to work as white collar employees than members of their parents' generation (GranatoWith respect to the situation in Turkey it is hardly possible to speak of any structural "shocks" but there has been significant economic and cultural change in the country (Gerhards & Hans 2011). Above all, GDP increased substantially since 2001.…”

Section: Turkish Migrants' In Germany: Integration Process and Transnmentioning

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Turning Back to Turkey Or Turning the Back to Germany? Remigration Intentions and Behavior of Turkish Immigrants in Germany between 1984 and 2011

Diehl

Liebau

2014

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Summary: This contribution analyzes whether remigration intentions and actual remigration to their homeland on the part of Turkish migrants to Germany have evolved over time, and if so, why. To do so, event-history analysis is applied to data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Findings reveal an increase in remigration intentions as well as rates of return for first generation migrants after the turn of the millennium. Before that, both such intentions and rates of actual return had declined, mostly as a consequence of integration in Germany. Those migrants who plan to return have a stronger emotional attachment to Turkey than those who plan to stay. However, the two groups differ neither with respect to their educational levels nor in terms of their perceptions of discrimination. There are similar findings with respect to the small though slightly increasing group of immigrants who actually returned to Turkey. It is thus argued that rising remigration intentions and actual remigration among first-generation migrants are unrelated to their integration into German society and are probably triggered by social change in their country of origin. Terms of use: Documents inKeywords: Immigration; Remigration; Remigration Intentions; Integration; Discrimination; Event-History Analysis; GSOEP.Zusammenfassung: Der Beitrag der Frage nach, wie sich die Remigrationsabsichten und das Remigrationsverhalten tür-kischstämmiger Einwanderer in Deutschland im Zeitverlauf verändert haben, und wertet dazu alle Erhebungswellen des sozio-çkonomischen Panels (SOEP) ereignisdatenanalytisch aus. Die Befunde zeigen, dass Remigrationsabsichten und -raten türkischstämmiger Einwanderer seit der Jahrtausendwende angestiegen sind, nachdem sie zuvor vor allem in Folge zunehmender Integration abgenommen hatten. Diejenigen Einwanderer, die ihre Remigration planen, haben eine stärkere emotionale Bindung an die Türkei als diejenigen, die dauerhaft in Deutschland bleiben wollen. Beide Gruppen unterscheiden sich weder im Hinblick auf ihr Bildungsniveau noch im Ausmaß ihrer Wahrnehmungen von Diskriminierung in Deutschland. Ähnliches gilt für die kleine, aber leicht wachsende Gruppe tatsächlicher Remigranten. Daraus wird geschlossen, dass die Remigrationsabsichten und -raten der Einwanderer der ersten Generation unabhängig von Integrationsprozessen angestiegen und vermutlich eher dem sozialen Wandel in der Türkei geschuldet sind.

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Section: Turkish Migrants' In Germany: Integration Process and Transnmentioning

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Turning Back to Turkey Or Turning the Back to Germany? Remigration Intentions and Behavior of Turkish Immigrants in Germany between 1984 and 2011

Diehl

Liebau

2014

SSRN Journal

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“…Using similar arguments, several scholars focus on how the ways people perceive 'the other' in their country are linked to EU attitudes (De Vreese and Boomgaarden, 2005;De Master and Le Roy, 2000;Diez Medrano, 2003;Garry and Tilley, 2009;McLaren, 2002) and EU enlargement (De Vreese et al, 2008;Gerhards and Hans, 2011;McLaren, 2007). For instance, McLaren (2002) notes that cultural threat negatively predicts the support for the EU.…”

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What’s Islam got to do with it? Attitudes toward specific religious and national out-groups, and support for EU policies

Azrout

Wojcieszak

2017

European Union Politics

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Previous studies predicted European Union attitudes using anti-immigrant attitudes, but without explicitly accounting for attitudes toward different out-groups. We propose that group-specific attitudes independently predict attitudes toward the European Union, but only when the out-group is linked to the European Union issue in question. We additionally argue that realistic or symbolic threat associated with specific outgroups determines whether utilitarian or identity considerations are more important in predicting European Union attitudes. Using a nationally representative Dutch sample (N ¼ 2347), we focus on attitudes toward Polish and Muslim immigrants to predict strengthening of European Union integration and Turkey's potential accession and find support for our hypotheses. The findings indicate the need to rethink the relationship between out-group perceptions and European Union attitudes.

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“…An important obstacle to Turkey's membership remains European public opinion, which largely opposes it due to cultural concerns, i.e. fears of losing one's national culture (Gerhards and Hans, 2011;McLaren, 2007). Nevertheless, the Eurobarometer survey of 2009 shows that 46% of Turkish citizens have a 'fairly positive' to 'very positive' image of the EU.…”

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European identity as a unifying category: National vs. European identification among native and immigrant pupils

Ağırdağ

Phalet

Houtte

2015

European Union Politics

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European identity as a unifying category: National vs. European identification among native and immigrant pupils Agirdag, O.; Phalet, K.; Van Houtte, M. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. AbstractThis article investigates whether European identity is a feasible and functional alternative to national identity. We examine the extent, determinants and consequences of national and European identification among (immigrant) Turkish and native Belgian pupils, with data gathered from 1629 pupils across 68 Belgian schools. The results show that immigrant Turkish pupils identify more strongly with Europe than with Belgium. The groups are closer to each other with respect to their European identification, while the latter is not in conflict with national identification. Moreover, European identity is less ethnically and more civically defined than national identity. Importantly, European identification was moderately related to academic achievement, though it is hard to make a causal claim.

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Why not Turkey? Attitudes towards Turkish Membership in the EU among Citizens in 27 European Countries

Cited by 46 publications

References 30 publications

Turning Back to Turkey Or Turning the Back to Germany? Remigration Intentions and Behavior of Turkish Immigrants in Germany between 1984 and 2011

Turning Back to Turkey Or Turning the Back to Germany? Remigration Intentions and Behavior of Turkish Immigrants in Germany between 1984 and 2011

What’s Islam got to do with it? Attitudes toward specific religious and national out-groups, and support for EU policies

European identity as a unifying category: National vs. European identification among native and immigrant pupils

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